China’s top financial envoy in Hong Kong is set to leave after just over a year in the role, concluding a tenure closely watched by the sector, according to people familiar with the matter.
China announces major military drills around Taiwan in ‘serious warning’ against any push for independence
China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan in major military drills to test what it said was combat readiness and to send a “serious warning” ...
Thai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn were set to meet in China’s southwestern Yunnan province for talks mediated by their Chinese counterpart, Wang ...
China’s LandSpace gears up to take on Elon Musk and SpaceX
LandSpace's focus on giving China its own low-cost launch option similar to SpaceX's flight-proven reusable rocket Falcon 9 will play a key role in Beijing's plans to build up 10,000 satellite ...
Sri Lanka assures IMF over fiscal discipline, trade policy
With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approving the $ 206 million Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), Sri Lanka has formally assured the IMF that it will preserve fiscal discipline and maintain an ...
Bahrain’s economy expands fivefold in two decades as citizen incomes double
GDP has surged from $9bn to over $47bn since 2000, with average monthly wages for Bahrainis nearly doubling between 2005 and 2024 ...
Bangladesh’s student-led party allies with Islamists ahead of election
The student-led Bangladeshi party born out of the protest movement that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has forged an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of February's ...
Bangladesh: Student-led NCP ties up with radical Islamist Jamaat amid internal backlash
Bangladesh’s newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP), which emerged from last year’s student-led agitation, has announced an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of the ...
Bangladesh ramps up rhetoric, Indian agencies push back
Tensions escalated over comments on minority violence and the murder of student leader Hadi, with both nations lodging formal protests amid upcoming elections.
Bangladesh student protest group forms election alliance with Islamists
The Jamaat said on Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the student-led National Citizen Party. Some NCP members cautioned against the move. The majority-Muslim country has been in turmoil ...